School Soccer up to date polls: AP Prime 25, Coaches Ballot Rankings revealed for the 2021 season

The 2021 college football season is just around the corner.

The Coaches Poll was published last week and the AP Preseason Top 25 was published on Monday. Sporting News published its Preseason Top 25 earlier this spring. All three polls follow a similar pattern.

The top 5 are full of the usual suspects. Alabama is in first place in all three surveys. The reigning national champions are aiming for a seventh national championship under Nick Saban.

Clemson ranks 2nd in the Coaches Poll and the SN Preseason Poll. The Tigers are aiming for a seventh ACC championship in a row under coach Dabo Swinney. Oklahoma ranks # 2 in the AP poll. The Sooners are aiming for a seventh consecutive Big 12 championship under Lincoln Riley.

Ohio State is ranked 3rd in the SN Preseason Poll. The Buckeyes are looking for their fifth consecutive Big Ten championship. Georgia ranked 5th in all three polls.

Sporting News takes a closer look at the AP Top 25, Coach Poll, and a composite poll that includes the SN Preseason Top 25:

AP preseason top 25

rank	team	Points (# 1 votes)
1	Alabama	1,548 (47)
2	Oklahoma	1,462 (6)
3	Clemson	1,447 (6)
4th	State of Ohio	1,393 (1)
5	Georgia	1,364 (5)
6th	Texas A&M	1,223
7th	State of Iowa	1,160
8th	Cincinnati	1.014
9	Our lady	1.009
10	North Carolina	999
11	Oregon	968
12th	Wisconsin	743
13th	Florida	728
14th	Miami	663
fifteen	USC	660
16	LSU	631
17th	Indiana	549
18th	Iowa	513
19th	Penn State	456
20th	Washington	449
21	Texas	350
22nd	Carolina coast	232
23	Louisiana	208
24	Utah	176
25th	State of Arizona	125

Others get votes: Oklahoma State 107, Ole Miss 106, TCU 40, Liberty 36, Auburn 32, North Carolina State 14, Michigan 12, Northwestern 8, Boise State 7, Nevada 7, Brigham Young 6, Ball State 6, Houston 5, Boston College 5, UCF 5, West Virginia 3, UAB 2, Army 2, UCLA 2

USA Today / AMWAY Coaches Preseason Survey

rank	team	Points (# 1 votes)
1	Alabama	1,621 (63)
2	Clemson	1,508
3	Oklahoma	1,481 (2)
4th	State of Ohio	1,435
5	Georgia	1,386
6th	Texas A&M	1,286
7th	Our lady	1,139
8th	State of Iowa	1,131
9	North Carolina	999
10	Cincinnati	979
11	Florida	870
12th	Oregon	842
13th	LSU	664
14th	USC	655
fifteen	Wisconsin	654
16	Miami	575
17th	Indiana	573
18th	Iowa	554
19th	Texas	427
20th	Penn State	422
21	Washington	404
22nd	State of Oklahoma	216
23	Louisiana	153
24	Carolina coast	150
25th	Be missed	149

Votes received: Utah145; Northwest 120; State of Arizona 90; Maroon 84; Freedom 68; BYU 53; TCU 48; Michigan 30; UCF29; NC state 27; Boise State 27; Kentucky 20; San Jose State 18; Army 13; Virginia Tech 9; Missouri 8; UCLA7; Tulsa 6; Pitt6; Boston College 6; Houston 5; Ball condition 5; West Virginia 4; SMU4; Appalachian State 4; UAB3; Arkansas 3; Nevada 2; Mississippi State 2; Luftwaffe 2; Stanford 1; Marshall 1; Florida State 1; Cal 1.

Composite Preseason Top 25

A look at the AP, coaches and SN surveys in summary form. The schools were awarded points based on a ranking of 1-25 (25 points for a first place):

RANK	SCHOOL	AP	TRAINER	SN	TOTAL
1	Alabama	1	1	1	75
2	Clemson	3	2	2	71
3	Oklahoma	2	3	4th	69
4th	State of Ohio	4th	4th	3	67
5	Georgia	5	5	5	63
6th	Texas A&M	6th	6th	7th	59
7th	Our lady	9	7th	6th	56
8th	State of Iowa	7th	8th	9	54
9	Cincinnati	8th	10	10	50
10	Florida	13th	11	8th	46
11	North Carolina	10	9	14th	45
12th	Oregon	11	12th	16	39
13th	LSU	16	13th	11	38
14th	USC	fifteen	14th	12th	37
fifteen	Wisconsin	12th	fifteen	20th	31
16	Miami	14th	16	19th	29
16	Indiana	17th	17th	fifteen	29
18th	Texas	21	19th	13th	25th
19th	Iowa	18th	18th	18th	24
20th	Penn State	19th	20th	25th	14th
21	Washington	20th	21	NO	13th
22nd	State of Oklahoma	NO	22nd	17th	11
23	Carolina coast	22nd	24	23	9
24	Louisiana	23	23	NO	6th
24	Be missed	NO	25th	21	6th

Others get votes: Auburn 4, Army 2, Utah 2, State of Arizona 1